Kin in Spanish 🇪🇸

A tricky little one!

So usually our parents are our next of kin right? And parientes sounds awfully similar to parents!

BUT remember padres is parents and PARIENTES is KIN.

But you can still think of your parents as your next of kin!

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parientes info.

**Tips to remember the word ‘parientes’:**

– Associate ‘parientes’ with the word ‘parents’ since ‘parents’ are part of your relatives, and the words sound somewhat similar.
– Think of the word ‘party’ since gatherings often include family members, and ‘parientes’ sounds like it starts with ‘party.’
– Break down the Spanish word ‘parientes’ to ‘pare-‘, which can remind you of ‘pair’ (a pair or a group of family members) and ‘-ientes,’ which can be thought of as ‘entities’ (people in this context).

**Explanations:**

‘Parientes’ means relatives or family members in English. It encompasses a broad range of familial connections, including immediate family like parents and siblings, as well as extended family like cousins, aunts, uncles, and in-laws.

**Other words that mean the same thing:**

– Familiares
– Consanguíneos (blood relatives)
– Parientes lejanos (distant relatives)

**Alternate meanings (slang):**

The word ‘parientes’ does not typically have alternate meanings in slang; it is mostly used in standard language to refer to family members.

**Examples of sentences that use ‘parientes’:**

– “Mis parientes están llegando mañana para la reunión familiar.”
(My relatives are arriving tomorrow for the family reunion.)

– “No tengo muchos parientes cercanos en esta ciudad.”
(I don’t have many close relatives in this city.)

– “En las fiestas, siempre se encuentran todos los parientes.”
(At parties, all the relatives always come together.)

– “¿Son ustedes parientes o solo amigos?”
(Are you guys relatives or just friends?)

– “Los parientes por afinidad también están invitados a la boda.”
(In-laws are also invited to the wedding.)

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